And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was heard that he was in the house.

And as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprung up, because it had no depth of earth.

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

And other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit springing up and increasing, and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

And these are they that have received it on the good ground, who hear the word and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty fold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

And they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashen hands.

And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.

And he said to them, Verily I say unto you, there are some of them that stand here, who shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God coming with power.

And some of them that stood there said, What do ye, loosing the colt?

And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.

But there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, Prophesy, And the officers smote him with the palms of their hands.